Who Killed Renee Good?

 

It is hard to tell what really happened in the recent shooting of an anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis. 

My guess is that the woman, Renee Good, did not intend to hit the police officer with her car. That seems too reckless. How would that have helped the cause for which she was protesting? Did she really want a life sentence in prison? My guess is she was trying to drive away from the officers demanding she get out of the car, as an act of defiance, and did not see him there. Or she panicked.

However, I cannot fault the officer for firing at her either. He was, as far as he could tell, being assaulted with a deadly weapon and at risk of his life.

It was probably a tragic accident. 

But it is not a good or smart idea to taunt or try to call their bluff on armed officers on duty and about their business. The responsibility for her death rests with Ms. Good.